Eschalon: Book II Forum Tidbits

The official Eschalon: Book II Q&A thread hasn't been updated since August 10th (a Mac tech question), but here's an interesting post from Thomas Riegsecker on gender selection at the game's character creation screen.
I say to hell with political correctness! While I dislike sharing much information about a game before it is ready for everyone to play, I think perhaps I could share with you how we are currently handling this in Book II. If you plan on complaining, do it now.

From Book II character editor:

MALE:
While exceptions do exist, males are generally larger than females. With greater body mass, males on average tend to possess higher maximum strength than females. Selecting to play a male character grants you a +1 Strength bonus.

FEMALE:
Females tend to be of smaller build than males. With less body mass and a slighter frame, females are often more nimble and graceful than males, resulting in a +1 Dexterity bonus.